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Chapter 62 The Refugee Attacks
The women held their children numbly, looking at the city gate with eager eyes, as if there were countless food and shelters inside, but unfortunately they could never enter to enjoy the blessings just because they couldn't afford three Wen.

Some children were probably very hungry. Whenever a carriage passed by, they would surround them and beg loudly for food, causing the women in the carriage to scream from time to time. In the end, occasionally a box of snacks was thrown out, and the children rushed to snatch it. The sound of crying and scolding was endless.

Dong Rong stared blankly at this scene, not knowing how to react.When Sister-in-law Liu and others told her that there were refugees begging in the city, some tragic images flashed through her mind, but when she saw it with her own eyes, she realized that the reality was far more cruel than she imagined.After all, her impression of begging is still in those liars who are in good health but kneel on the street, wear heavy cotton clothes, and kowtow to everyone.But there is a huge difference between the two. These people don't need to pretend to have presented their suffering naked to the world.

Xu Shi saw that Dong Rong was holding a basket in her hand and stopped for a long time. After a moment of hesitation, several children surrounded her and begged softly, "Please give me a stutter, kind lady."

Subconsciously, Dong Rong lifted the curtain and took out the steamed buns from the basket. Those children just wanted to try it out, but they didn't expect that there were actually steamed buns to eat.They were obviously stunned for a moment, but the next moment they all stretched out their hands into the basket.

Silly Zhu was also frowning at the refugees, but when he saw this, he quickly snatched the basket from Dong Rong's hand and threw it away, then dragged her and ran to the gate of the city.The soldier guarding the gate lazily collected the six cents, and when he looked up and saw Dong Rong's pitiful face, he smiled inappropriately, and said, "I said, this little sister-in-law, you donated steamed buns today, these little bastards are terrible Remember your appearance, if you enter the city empty-handed in the future, you don't even think about taking another half step. If you want me to say, take a whip in your hand, and beat anyone who gets in the way, and keep your ears and eyes are clean."

Dong Rong heard what he said so cold-blooded and cruel, raised her brows again and again, it was still not easy to offend the soldier, so she reluctantly thanked him, pulled Sha Zhu and walked into the city quickly.

Perhaps it was because of this incident that they were in a bad mood. Although the two successfully found a dim sum shop, bought a ball of mooncake dough for a tael of silver and rented an oven, they successfully baked a basket of golden and buttery mooncakes, but Dong Rong It is still difficult to show a smile.

Silly Zhu was not good at persuading her, but he packed the mooncakes tightly, and bought all the remaining steamed buns and handed them to Dong Rong when he passed by the steamed bun stand.Dong Rong smiled wryly, and praised, "My family's pillars are more kind-hearted than that soldier."

The corner of Sha Zhu's mouth twitched, barely accepting his daughter-in-law's compliment.The two held hands tightly, and when they left the city, they were surrounded by children again, with steamed buns opening the way, naturally they passed smoothly as usual.It's just that the soldier who was busy closing the city gate looked at him from afar, with such an expression on his face, which made Dong Rong sick as if he had eaten a handful of flies.

Du Juan's sister-in-law was sitting in the room doing needlework. When she heard the knock on the door, she hurriedly pushed Wang Lu to pull out the latch to let Dong Rong in. Finally, she looked at Dong Rong's face carefully and sighed, "I was also arrested when I entered the city a few days ago. I was scared, these days I always feel that there are people wandering around, so the door closes much earlier."

Dong Rong followed her into the house and poured a bowl of tea for Shazhu, and then asked after drinking another bowl, "Sister Qiu and the others often push the cart in and out, won't they be surrounded?"

Du Juan shook her head, "Maybe they often go in and out, and they are familiar with the gate guards. Every time they go in and out, there are soldiers to help drive away the refugees. But these days are cooler sooner or later, business is not as good as before, and they only go in and out of the city once a day." .”

Dong Rong thought for a while and said, "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, every family will start to take over the land. You can ask sister-in-law Qiu and others, if the family is busy, you can settle their wages for them, and it doesn't matter if you don't do odd business."

"A few days ago, Guanshi Zhang also said this, and I still feel sorry for the loss of a few taels of silver every day. Since you also said that, I will start collecting it tomorrow."

After the matter was settled, Dong Rong went back to sleep unhappily. For some reason, the dreams were filled with the distressed faces of the refugees.She waved her hands wearily trying to drive them away, and shouted, "Don't surround me, I can't help it!"

Murong Huaide was originally meditating with his eyes closed, but yesterday the Jiazi Group secretly sent letters to several cities in the south, all of which were shopkeepers asking if they could start giving porridge for relief.How could he not know that the refugees were miserable, but he could only harden his heart and let everyone wait. After all, food can still be found in the wild, and the disaster will not really come until winter.The food prepared by Xiaoyi Garden is limited, and it is wishful thinking to try to relieve all the refugees by himself.He can only gather those children and women. As for the old, weak, sick and disabled, it all depends on God's arrangement.

It was during the half-dream and half-awake period that Dong Rong, who was sleeping next to her, suddenly yelled something in his sleep, so startled that he stretched out his hand and hugged her tightly in his arms.He waited until he heard those murmurs clearly, he sighed again, and comforted her in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Xu Shi heard a familiar voice, and the sleeping woman finally slowly let go of her frowning brows, and fell asleep peacefully again.Murong Huaide bowed his head pityingly and kissed her slightly pouting red lips, and finally picked up a peanut on the table next to him and hit it on the beam with his fingers, and ordered in a low voice, "Go to the city tomorrow, send someone to help open circuit."

On the ridge of the house, there seemed to be a soft answer, and it seemed to be the whisper of the wind blowing through the treetops...

In the early morning of the second day, the sun shone through the carved windows of the west wing, and the golden sunlight quietly squeezed into the room through the gaps in the window lattices.Dong Rong woke up with her brows frowned, only to feel pain all over her body.When I opened my eyes, I was really angry and ashamed.

It turned out that Sha Zhu's hands and feet were like an octopus holding her tightly in his arms, no wonder she didn't seem to have dreamed of anything good all night.

She lightly untied the "shackles" on her body, and finally sat up. She wanted to pinch Shazhu for revenge, but she couldn't help but be fascinated by his sleepy eyes.His eyelashes are so long, they cast long shadows under the sunlight, the bridge of his nose is straight and straight, especially his lips, which are so thick that people really want to kiss him.

Thinking in this way, subconsciously she actually lowered her head and kissed her. When she realized that she wanted to leave, she was suddenly hugged tightly by Silly Zhu. After the passionate and long kiss, she almost fell asleep. Thought I was going to suffocate.

A very strong smile flashed in Shazhu's eyes, but he complained, "Daughter-in-law, I haven't woken up yet, why did you secretly kiss me?"

Dong Rong's face was as red as if it was on fire. She struggled desperately to jump out of bed, and frantically argued, "I didn't kiss you secretly! I just...just want to hear what you talked about in your sleep."

Silly Zhu blinked his eyes in doubt, and when he was about to ask again, Dong Rong had already put on his outer shirt indiscriminately and shouted, "Get up quickly, we have to go to the city today." After finishing speaking, he opened the door as if fleeing out.

Sha Zhu grinned silently, and finally turned his head to look at the warm sunshine outside the door and stretched his waist, "Today is another good weather!"

Second sister Cao slept soundly last night, and she got up early to help Du Juan's sister-in-law make breakfast. Dong Rong praised the little girl when she saw her.Thinking of what happened at the city gate yesterday, he didn't want to take her into the city at first, but seeing the little girl's excited breakfast, she swallowed the words back.

After taking a hasty bite, Dong Rong discussed a few business matters with Manager Zhang, then carefully took out the mooncakes baked last night, and carefully packed them into four bamboo tubes.Then, regardless of whether Sha Zhu had eaten or not, he urged him to go out.

Du Juan's sister-in-law thought that the young couple were having an awkward relationship, so she tried to persuade her while putting on steamed buns. Dong Rong blushed even more in embarrassment, and hurried out the door.

However, today I don't know which big family in the city showed kindness and sent maids and servants to give away porridge at the gate of the city.

Dong Rong was very happy to see her. According to the classic 80.00th rule in her previous life, 20.00% of a country's wealth is in the hands of rich people who only account for [-]% of the total population.If the rich are willing to do charity to relieve the poor, then there will be no more suffering in this country.She hoped that the wealthy households in Qing County would help them out, so maybe there would be no more refugees in half a month.

The three of them entered the city smoothly and came all the way to the back door of Bailu Academy. There were still willows and willows in the alley, but the willow leaves began to turn yellow slowly, which brought some autumnal breath after all.

If the old gatekeeper said that he was most familiar with the family of Shulang, it must be the Dong family.The old man only opened the small window and glanced at it, and then opened the door enthusiastically. After Dong Rong smiled and greeted the old man, the old man went to report to Dong Ping with a braised pig's trotter.The second sister Cao secretly stuck out her tongue, looking at her sister-in-law with doubts in her eyes.

Dong Rong was amused, stretched out her hand to tidy up her dress, and laughed softly, "Silly girl, how can I not get some benefits from asking someone to run errands. You have to learn some things in the future. knowledge."

Second Sister Cao lowered her head in shame, "My sister-in-law laughed at me again, I don't want to marry, I rely on my sister-in-law for snacks every day."

Dong Rong clapped her hands and said, "Okay, then we don't have to go to the shop to buy your dowry, I can save money."

The second sister Cao stomped her feet in shame, and finally hid behind Sha Zhu and begged her brother to make the decision.It's a pity that Sha Zhu was so rare and smart at the moment, he said innocently, "I'll listen to my wife, save money and buy steamed buns." The second sister Cao was dumbfounded, making Dong Rong laugh non-stop.

The three of them were chatting and laughing lively, Dong Ping walked out of the small door with a face full of joy, and Xizi followed behind like a tail, also smiling so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes.

Dong Rong didn't wait for his younger brother to finish his salute, then pulled him up to look him over carefully, seeing that his eyes were not darkened, she praised, "Brother Ping is not so nervous that he can't sleep, it's just a quiz, as long as he can pass it with normal performance and storage. "

Dong Ping nodded heavily. In fact, he really didn't sleep well these past few nights. He was always afraid that if he made another mistake and lost his birth certificate, how would he face his sister?He vowed to become an official and support his sister to live a good life for the rest of his life.

Seeing that his sister came to deliver food on the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, he suddenly felt confident, and his back straightened unconsciously.Dong Rong patted Xizi's head again, and praised him for being much taller.Xizi saluted with a smile, her small eyes glanced around, and finally she pursed her mouth in disappointment when she didn't see the food box.

(End of this chapter)